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Eli. E. A'YCOCK, OF HOULTRIE, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR TO AYCOOK WOOD-ERICKVENEER 00., 0F EOULTRIE, GEORGIA, A CORPORATION OF FLO rnnanomc.

Application filed May 31, 1922. Serial No. 584,797.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. ArcocK, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Moultrie, Georgia, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Weatherboarding, which are fully set forth inthe'following specification.

This invention relates to an improved weatherboarding or siding for usein buildings, and has for its ob ect the provision of weather-boardingor siding which may be readily applied to produce a weathertight jointand present a finished and attractive appearance.

A further object is to provide a weatherboarding or siding which, whenapplied on the building and properly painted, shall present 'theappearance of a brick wall, preferably with rake joints.

The present invention is an improvement on Patent No. 1,171,081, grantedto me F ebruary 8, 1916, in which the weather-board is of uniformcross-section from edge to edge, and one of the objects of the presentinvention is to secure all of the benefits and advantages set forth inmy said patent while economizing in the amount of lumber employed inproducing the siding, to the end that the first cost of the siding maybe reduced and the freight also materially reduced owing to thedecreased bulk and weight of the siding.

By means of the present invention I am enabled to form two weatherboards or strips of siding from a proximately the same amount of lumbert at was required to form one weather-board or strip of siding of theconstruction shown and-described in my said patent, while retaining allthe advantages of said construction. In the manufacture of the sidin ofmy present invention, I take a strip of umber, preferably one inch inthickness and four inches in width, and with a suitable band-saw Idivide this strip longitudinally into two strips of uniform dimensions,each of said str1ps being approximately one-third of an inch thick onits thinner edge and two-thirds of an inch on 1ts thicker edge. Thesestrips of weather-boarding are designed to be applied to the wall withthe thin edge downward and the thick edge upward. In the upper edge ofthe strip of siding and on the outer face thereof are formed two lonitudinally extending rabbets, one above e other. Each of the rabbets hasa base or bottom portion which, when the siding is applied in positionon the wall, is approximately horizontal both in longitudinal andtransverse directions. The face of the lower rabbet is parallel with theouter face of the weather-board, and, when the latter is a plied inposition on the wall, is substantial y vertical. The' face of the upperrabbet is inclined inward or away from the front face of theweather-board. Preferably, the vertical measurement of the lower rabbetis approximately that of the vertical measurement of a rake joint in abrick wall, while its horizontal depth is approximately the depth of theordinary rake joint. The vertical measurement of the upper or inwardlyinclined rabbet may be of any desired extent, preferably, however, beingsuflicient to afiord ample room for lap of the next superposed strip ofsiding and for nailing. The base of the upper rabbet in its transversemeasurement is such that, when added to the depth or transversemeasurement of the lower rabbet, it will exactly equal the thicknes ofthe lower ed e of the strip of siding. Vertically exten ing grooves,corresponding in width and depth with the dimensions of the lowerrabbet, are formed in the face of the stri of weather-board to simulatethe vertica rake joints in brickwork.

One form of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing strips ofweather-boarding inplace in a we Fig. 2 is a sectional perspective view throu 11 art of awall showing my improve si ing in position;

Fi 3 is an end elevation of a board,- showmg how the same is divided toform two weather-boards; and

Fig. 4 is a similar view of one of the weather-boards, the material cutaway to form the same being indicated in dot and dash lines.

Referring to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals indicate likeparts throughout the several views, 1 indicates a board dividedlongitudinally by any suitable saw, such as a band-saw, into two pieces2 and 3 of uniform dimensions from which are formed the strips ofweather-boarding 4. The kerf made by the saw extends diagonally throughthe board in such manner that each piece or strip shall have anapproximate thickness of one-third of an inch at one edge and two-thirdsof an inch at the opposite ed The si e of the strip along the diagonalcut forms the rear face of the board and the opposite side the frontface. Each weatherboard or strip of siding is provided on the front faceof its thicker edge portion with two longitudinally extending rabbets 5and 6, one above the other. The lower rabbet 5 is provided with ahorizontal bottom 7 and a vertical face 8. The upper rabbet is providedwith a horizontal bottom 9 and a rearwardly inclined face 10. Theinclined rear face 11 of each weather-board terminates at the thickeredge of the board in a surface 12 parallel with the front face of theboard.

In applying the weather-boards to the wall, they may be applied in anyusual way, either directly to the studding or, preferably and as hereshown in Fig. 2, the weather-board is secured to the sheathing 13 andwhen inposition, whether as ap lied to the sheathing or directly to thestudding, the weather-boarding is applied with the rabbeted thickerportion uppermost and the beveled portion 12 (which is parallel with thefront face 4 ofthe board) resting against the sheathing or against theinterposed building-paper 17 and the lower thinner edge of each boardresting on the bottom 9 of the rabbet 6 of the board immediately belowand nailed through such thin edge and the upper edge of the lower board.The thinner lower edge of the first board is received in a rabbet 14 ofa water table 15 suitably secured to the sheathing at the desired heightfrom the ground. Since the combined depths of the rabbets 5 and 6 areequal to the thickness of the weather-board at its lower edge, itfollows that the overhang at the lower edge of each board is exactlyequal to the distance from the front face of the weather-board to theface 8 of the rabbet 5, so that there is formed a longitudinal groove ofuniform de th at. top and bottom and ofv a height equa to the height ofthe face 8 of the rabbet 5.

Each of the boards is provided withequally spaced vertical ooves, thespacing being preferably approximately equal to the length of a brick,said vertical grooves being of the same dimensions as the longitudinagrooves formed by the rabbet 5 and the overang of the board immediatelyabove. The result is that, when the weather-boards are in place, thewall has'the'appearancesho n in ig. 1, that is the appearance of a brickwall with rake joints; and when the faces of the weather-boards areproperly painted (and preferably sanded) and t e grooves in imitation ofrake joints are also properly painte the wall has the appearance of awell formed brick wall with rake 'oints.

Since the bevel face 12, Fig. 4. is parallel with the front face 4 ofthe weather-board, and since the face 10 of the rabbet 6 is rallel withthe rear face of the weatheroard, it follows that the front faces of allof the weather-boards will lie in the same vertical plane and that thelower thinner edge of each board will fit sn ly so as to make aweather-tight joint in t e rabbet 10. When s eathing and building-paperare employed as shown in Fig. 2 and the weather-boards are in place asshown in said figure, there will be formed dead-air spaces 16 whichserve to make the building warmer in winter and cooler in summer, sincesuch dead-air spaces form an effective insulation.

The invention may be embodied in a variety of mechanicalforms, andreference is therefore to be had to the claims hereto appended for adefinition of the limits of the invention. I

What is claimed is 1. A weather-board uniformly increasing incross-section from one ed e toward the other and having two longituinally extending rabbets in its thicker edge portion, each of saidrabbets having a bottom at right angles to the front face of the boardand one of said rabbets having a face parallel with said front facewhile the other rabbet has a face inclined therefrom.

'2. A weather-board uniformly increasing in cross-section from one ed etoward the other and having two longituifinally extending rabbets in itsthicker edge portion, each of said rabbets having a bottom at rightangles to the front face of the board and one .of said rabbets having aface parallel with said front face while the other rabbet has aninclined face, the combined bottoms of said rabbets being substantiallye ual to the thickness of the board at its t inner edge.

3. A weather-board uniformly increasing in cross-section from one ed etoward the other and havingl two longitu inally extending rabbets in t efront face of its thicker edgg portion, each of said rabbets having attom at right. angles to the front face of the board and a face ortion,the face of one rabbet havi a sur ace arallel with the front face of t eboard w ile the face of the other rabbet has a surface parallel to therear face of the board.

4. A weather-board which when in 'tion on a vertical wall has a verticalface and an inclined rear face, said board being provided with tworabbets in the outer face of its upper edge portion, each of saidrabbets having a substantially horizontal bottom, the ower rabbet havinga face parallel with the front face of the board and the upper rabbethaving a face arlalel with the said. rear face of the 0a Y 5. Aweather-board which when in posiont 1 aeearao tion on a vertical wallhas a vertical front face and an upwardly and rearwardly inclined rearface, whereby the lower portion of the board is the thinner, and twolongitudinally extending rabbets in the front face of? the upper edgeportion, the combined bottoms of the two rabbets being equal to thethickness of the board at its lower edge.

6. A wall' comprising a plurality of boards each increasing incross-section from its lower edge upward, each board being provided inthe front face of its upper edge portion with two longitudinallyextending rabbets one above the other, the lower edge of each boardbeing received in. the upper rabbet of the adjacent board, said boardspresenting vertical front faces and being provided with inclined rearfaces.

7. A. wall comprising a plurality of boards, each increasing incross-section from the lower edge thereof upward, each board beingprovided in the front face of its u per edge portion with a lowerrabbet, an an upper rabbet having a rearwardly inclined wall, the thinedge of each board being received in the-upper rabbet of the adjacentboard, said boards presenting vertical front faces, separated by thelower rabbets, each of said boards having an inclined rear face. 8. Awall includingJ in combination a plurality of sheathing cards in directedge to edge contact and a plurality of weatherboards secured to said.sheathing boards, each of said weather-boards increasing in ascross-section from the lower edge thereof &

upward, the upper edge of each weatherboard being rovided with twolongitudinally exten ing rabbets one above the other, the lower edge ofeach board being received in the u per rabbet of the adjacent board,said boar s having inclined rear surfaces providing with the sheathing aplurality of insulating cells, said weatherboards presenting verticalfront faces separated by said lower rabbets and simulating theappearance of a brick wall.

9. A Weather-board uniformly increasing in cross-section from one edgetoward the other, said weather-board having two lon gitudinallyextending rabbets in its thicker edge portion and a series of transverserooves extending across one face of the oard, each of said grooves havinthe same width and depth as one of said ra bets.

10. A wall comprising a plurality of boards, each increasing incross-section from the lower edge thereof upward, each board beingprovided in its upper edge with two longitudinally extending rabbets oneabove the other and each board having a series of transverse oovesextending across the front face t ereof, the lower edge of each boardbeing received in. the upper rabbet of the ad'acent board, said boardspresenting vertica front faces all in the same plane and separated bythe lower rabbets and said grooves.

In testimony specification.

WILLIAM E. AYCGCK.

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